Jayde Panayitou’s abduction and murder appears to have been deliberate, with details emerging that a substantial amount of money was paid to kill her. Earlier on Thursday, provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Marinda Mills announced that two men had been arrested and that detectives had ruled out robbery as the motive.[…]
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has responded to concerns over the detention of elderly South African scholar, Sheikh Abdul Salam Jad Bassiouni, who was arrested at the Cairo International Airport upon his arrival in Egypt. Bassiouni, who holds dual Egyptian and South African citizenship, is reported to[…]
Malaysian police have arrested the eldest daughter of jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for alleged sedition, a move slammed by critics as a clampdown on dissent. Opposition party official Fahmi Fadzil says Nurul Izzah Anwar was arrested Monday and will be held overnight in a police lockup because of a[…]
Turkish police arrested a suspect outside the US consulate in Istanbul on Friday, after he claimed to have a bomb and threatened to carry out an attack. The person had parked his vehicle in front of the consulate in the mid-morning and police had cordoned off the entire area during[…]
A 14-year-old Palestinian schoolgirl jailed by Israel has become a symbol of Palestinian anger over the arrests of children in the occupied territories. The two-month sentence for Malak al-Khatib, who was accused of stone-throwing and possession of a knife, has unleashed a wave of solidarity and support among Palestinians. “My[…]
The Western Cape provincial government on Tuesday denied that one of its MECs had been arrested for speeding along the N1 South in Midrand. Western Cape Transport MEC Donald Grant said there was “absolutely no truth” to the reports. Johannesburg metro police said the man was caught driving at 207km/h[…]
A minibus taxi driver was arrested for the second time in less than a week for drunk driving, a City of Cape Town official said on Wednesday. A traffic officer spotted the taxi being driven recklessly on Govan Mbeki Drive on Tuesday, mayoral committee member for safety and security JP[…]
A woman has been arrested in Montague Gardens for dealing in Tik with a street value of over R7 million, Cape Town police said on Tuesday. “Information was received about a suspicious parcel… at Time Freight in Montague Gardens,” Colonel Tembinkosi Kinana said in a statement. When police went to[…]
Four people were arrested during an anti-Woolworths protest in Claremont Cape Town police said on Sunday. Lt Col Andre Traut said three men and a woman were arrested on Saturday for intimidation, trespassing and contravention of a court order. National Coalition 4 Palestine said four members of Action Forum 4[…]
A Saudi woman who tried to drive into the kingdom in defiance of a ban was arrested Monday after being blocked at the UAE border for a day, activists said. Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world which does not allow women to drive. “I have been at[…]
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